Gov. Tony Evers and AG Josh Kaul are calling on President Trump to abandon plans to visit Kenosha tomorrow. The two Dems say the trip would divert law enforcement forces from cleanup efforts and could sow more division after a
Two Kenosha police officers deployed Tasers against Jacob Blake before he was shot seven times in the back, the state Department of Justice said Friday in an update on its investigation. The update also provides other details on the officers
On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss unrest in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a lawsuit from a conservative group to void Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate, and Wisconsin involvement in the Republican
Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday challenged GOP lawmakers to meet next week and overhaul police policies to avoid seeing a repeat of the police shooting and subsequent violent protests that have played out in Kenosha over the last several days.
A fourth night of protests in Kenosha following the police shooting of a Black father of six was mostly peaceful, a contrast from previous nights that saw looting, property damage and three people shot, two fatally.
Jacob Blake was in possession of a knife when he was shot by Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey, Attorney General Josh Kaul said today. But repeatedly quizzed if police knew Blake was in possession of a knife when he was
Gov. Tony Evers today doubled the number of National Guard members available to help law enforcement rein in violent protests in Kenosha as Republicans slammed him for doing too little and the White House moved to provide additional federal assistance.
Two people were killed and a third injured in a shooting as a third night of protests roiled downtown Kenosha. In a statement this morning, Kenosha police provided few details of the shootings. The third person with gunshot wounds was
Gov. Tony Evers today authorized doubling the National Guard’s presence in Kenosha County to 250 and declared a state of emergency following violent protests in the wake of a police officer shooting a Black man in the back. Under the
Protesters overnight in Kenosha burned a furniture store and in Madison broke windows and set dumpsters on fire in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake that has left him paralyzed. Online video on Sunday showed a Kenosha officer
Gov. Tony Evers announced today he is calling a special session on a package of proposals he released earlier this summer to overhaul police policies. Evers released the package after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a
Republicans will stage a convention with a very different and more optimistic message than the Democratic National Convention, a GOP consultant said. “You’re going to see President Trump and Republicans making their case across the country,” said Brian Reisinger, of
On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss the Democratic National Convention, the Trump campaign’s stops in Wisconsin and the Election Commission voting to deny Kanye West ballot access.
Wisconsin is in the spotlight this week with the Dems kicking off their national convention and President Trump and Vice President Pence coming to the state. While Wisconsin’s Dem delegates aren’t traveling to Milwaukee for the convention, they will still
President Trump’s visit to Wisconsin on the day the Democratic National Convention begins in Milwaukee is an attempt to show voters that Trump is invested in the state, a campaign spokeswoman said. Trump plans to visit Oshkosh today, while Vice
